THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT
-Q STRAINING AT A GNAT. (Per United Press Association.) NAPIER, May 12. -The following is a copy of a letter received by ono of the bakers' drivers concerned in tho late strike at Hastings from the Department of Labour:—"l am directed by the head of tho Labour Department to remind you that in consequence of your conduct in ceasing work without propor and legal notice, you have rendered yourself liable to be proceeded against before the Arbitration Court for a serious offence against 'The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1905,' and I am directed to warn you that a similar offence m future will be followed by enforcing; the full penalty the law allows. Tho mere fact that you arc not a member of a trades union does not relieve you of the responsibility of the said offence.—Yours faithfully Ernest W. F. Johxs, Inspector of Factories.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14212, 13 May 1908, Page 5
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